NEW TONIGHT... JACKSON POLICE MOURNING THE LOSS OF ONE OF ITS OWN. POLICE SAY OFFICER BRUCE JACOBS WAS KILLED THIS AFTERNOON WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A CAR ON I -55. IT HAPPENED IN THE SOUTHBOUND LANE NEAR THE NORTHSIDE DRIVE EXIT. JPD SAYS OFFICER JACOBS WAS RESPONDING TO A CALL OF DEBRIS ON THE INTERSTATE. HE HAD JUST REMOVED A BARBECUE GRILL FROM THE ROAD AND WAS PUTTING IT IN THE TRUNK OF HIS POLICE CRUISER PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHEN A VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE OFFICER AND HIS CAR. HE WAS RUSHED TO U-M- C WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD. IT'S ALWAYS TOUGH TO LOSE ANYONE, AND NOT JUST THE DEATH OF AN OFFICER BUT EVEN AN INJURY. WE KNEW AND WE KNOW THAT THIS JOB IS VERY DANGEROUS. HE WAS A PUBLIC SERVANT, DOING WHAT WE DO WHEN WE RECEIVE CALLS FOR SERVICE. THE DRIVER OF THE CAR THAT HIT OFFICER JACOBS WAS TAKEN TO